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Eddie Van Halen

1955 - 2020

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Edward Lodewijk Van Halen ( van HAY-lən, Dutch: [ˈɛtʋɑrt ˈloːdəʋɛik fɑn ˈɦaːlə(n)]; January 26, 1955 – October 6, 2020) was an American musician. He was the guitarist and primary songwriter of the rock band Van Halen, which he founded with his brother Alex in 1972. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eddie Van Halen has received more than 16,180,274 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Eddie Van Halen is the 246th most popular musician (up from 394th in 2019), the 159th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 248th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Dutch Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 16M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 52

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Eddie Van Halen ranks 246 out of 2,662. Before him are Karl Jenkins, Mike Portnoy, Narciso Yepes, Yanni, Abdel Halim Hafez, and Valery Gergiev. After him are Heinrich Neuhaus, Gianna Nannini, Franz Berwald, Henryk Szeryng, Joe Zawinul, and Slash.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Eddie Van Halen ranks 51. Before him are Martin Schulz, Billy Idol, Brendan Gleeson, François Cluzet, Haitham bin Tariq, and Yuriy Sedykh. After him are Richard Schiff, Olga Korbut, Zucchero Fornaciari, Binali Yıldırım, Michael Rooker, and Ante Gotovina. Among people deceased in 2020, Eddie Van Halen ranks 70. Before him are Buck Henry, George Blake, Masatoshi Koshiba, Pranab Mukherjee, Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, and Carl Reiner. After him are Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz, Moussa Traoré, Roger Scruton, Quino, Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, and Mario J. Molina.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Eddie Van Halen ranks 159 out of 1,427. Before him are Jan Ingenhousz (1730), Theo van Gogh (1957), Gustav Leonhardt (1928), Lambert of Maastricht (635), Piet Keizer (1943), and Anton Geesink (1934). After him are John of Leiden (1509), Ary Scheffer (1795), René van de Kerkhof (1951), Jan Pieterszoon Coen (1587), Tjalling Koopmans (1910), and Willy van de Kerkhof (1951).

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Among MUSICIANS In Netherlands

Among musicians born in Netherlands, Eddie Van Halen ranks 3. Before him are André Rieu (1949) and Bernard Haitink (1929). After him are Tiësto (1969), Armin van Buuren (1976), Ton Koopman (1944), Frans Brüggen (1934), Jan Akkerman (1946), Candy Dulfer (1969), Eduard van Beinum (1900), Alex Van Halen (1953), and Martin Garrix (1996).

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